Lil Wayne’s prison sentence has been postponed until the beginning of March so that the rapper can have dental surgery.
Although Lil Wayne was expected to begin his sentence for gun possession yesterday (February 9th), he will now have surgery this coming Friday and spend the rest of the month recovering.
We Are Scientists have announced the first single from forthcoming album Barbara.
The track will be titled Rules and is scheduled for release on April 5th. Meanwhile the full length record features former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows behind the kit, and will be released in June.
New songs from the album will most likely be road-tested when they play Hoxton’s Bar & Grill on February 23rd.
Jamie Lidell has revealed an esteemed list of contributors for his latest album Compass. The record set for release on May 17th will feature the likes of Beck, Grizzly Bear, Feist, Gonzales and Wilco’s Pat Sansone.
The record was partly recorded at Feist’s Canadian ranch, and shall be released through Warp Records.
Dutch bass-merchants Noisia have unleashed their new video onto the world and it’s a stormer.
The track is Machine Gun, released on March 8th and comes from their upcoming album Split The Atom which is dropping on April 5th. Turn the volume up and get deaf.
Not long back, we showed you what the amazing packaging for the Freeway & Jake One album The Stimulus Package looked like and now there’s one for the vinyl junkies. Marbled green vinyl? Hell yeah!
A.F.I. have a new video, for their track Beautiful Thieves, taken from last year’s Crash Love album.
Don’t forget they’re touring the UK soon at the following dates in April:
5th – Nottingham, Rock City
6th – London, Brixton Academy
8th – Glasgow, ABC
9th – Manchester, Academy
11th – Newcastle, O2 Academy
12th – Birmingham, O2 Academy
Having enjoyed whirlwind success in 2009, The Gaslight Anthem will be back with a new album this summer. The record will be entitled American Slang, and is set for a June release.
Their debut, The ’59 Sound, received mass critical acclaim and propped the band up onto some of the world’s biggest stages, yet the Gaslight Anthem have shown no hesitance in returning to the studio. In support of the new record, the band will play the following headline dates;
June
22nd – Birmingham, Academy 1
23rd – Glasgow, ABC
24th – Manchester, Academy 1
26th – London, HMV Forum
29th – Oxford, Academy 1
Having released his last two records through Geffen, The Game has announced he will be returning to Aftermath for his forthcoming album R.E.D.
This news came through the rappers twitter feed as he tweeted, “It’s funny how things come full circle, R.E.D.,” accompanied by a picture of himself wearing four Aftermath medallions.
Rejoining the Aftermath roster, Game will join the likes of Eminem, 50 Cent and one of his early mentors Dr Dre.
New Young Pony Club have scheduled a last minute warm-up show ahead of their full UK tour starting later this month. The gig will take place at Madame Jojo’s on February 9th.
The band have recently completed work on their second album, The Optimist, which will be released on March 8th.
New Young Pony Club will play;
February
9th – London Madame Jojo’s
22nd – London O2 Academy Islington
March
15th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
16th – Birmingham Academy 2
17th -Bristol The Thekla
18th – Oxford Academy 2
20th – Manchester Moho Live
21st – Leeds Cockpit 2
22nd – Nottingham Stealth
23rd – Glasgow King Tuts
25th – Newcastle Academy 2
26th – Liverpool Korova
27th – Cambridge Junction 2
Sheffield noise mongers Rolo Tomassi will play a one-off date at Camden’s Underworld on April 23rd. This will be the bands largest headline show to date, as they continue to prepare their Diplo produced follow-up to 2008’s Hysterics.